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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Man, oh man, do I love a good Josie Silver book. She is so talented with the creation of her characters. Lydia is very relatable, warm, and human from the very beginning of the book. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the different characters develop. I also loved the message of the novel - learning how to deal with your grief internally. As with her last book, I know I'll spend the next few weeks wondering what's going on with these characters now that the book has ended.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4 ⭐
Beautiful story about grief, love, friendship, and family. The plot was a bit different than I expected, but lovely all the same. I really enjoyed the ending.
Beautiful story about grief, love, friendship, and family. The plot was a bit different than I expected, but lovely all the same. I really enjoyed the ending.
i dont think this is a romance, it’s more of a character study which usually bore me but this was pretty good
Have your tissues ready!! I honestly was not expecting to love this book as much as I did, but it was so captivating and emotionally gripping. I loved the characters (especially Lydia, Elle, and Jonah) and how they grew and dealt with their grief over the course of the story. Josie Silver beautifully captures loss and healing and definitely had me shedding a few tears as I listened to this on my walks around the neighborhood. Sorry to my neighbors - I'm all good.
I am rounding up and giving this four stars. I enjoyed this book I did enjoy the story, I enjoyed the characters as well; but there was something missing. This book just did not flow for me, I struggled to read it most nights. I don’t know if it was the authors writing style because I did love the characters. I was rooting for the happily ever after, which I never do, but I think it took way too long to get there. I did enjoy it and I would recommend it to others, I just struggled to get through it for some reason. I’m sure there are other factors at play, because we are in a lockdown and life is not normal. For that reason I would still give it four stars and recommend it to others.
4.75 stars
I really loved this book. Im not going to lie, the first 50 percent was rough, but watching the protagonist deal with her grief was something that I really enjoyed seeing the progression of. What really did it for me was the last 10 pages. When she realizes AND THAT LETTER OML. It wasn't a five-star because there was just a little something missing that I did not get from the book, but nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it has definitely changed my perspective on grief. So thanks Lydia Bird.
I really loved this book. Im not going to lie, the first 50 percent was rough, but watching the protagonist deal with her grief was something that I really enjoyed seeing the progression of. What really did it for me was the last 10 pages. When she realizes
Spoiler
that she can have a happy ending with someone other than Freddie. When she tells him she will love him in every lifetime, but she also wants to be with Jonah, I died a little bit.
Josie Silver is the author of One Day in December, which was very popular in the book world so I wanted to read this one as well. This book is about loss and grief, as well as healing after a loss. Lydia has dreams of her life as it would have been if Freddie hadn’t died and her dreams are basically like living another life. There are things happening in that other life that may not be worth Lydia retreating there permanently. This is a unique way to look at how a bereaved woman copes with loss and learns to continue living in the real world.
I wasn’t a fan of this book. At first I didn’t mind it but then in the end I didn’t care for it. Without trying to ruin the book, I didn’t like the choices the main character made and the way the book ended just didn’t sit right with me.
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Overall I wouldn’t really recommend this one,it wasn’t for me.
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Overall I wouldn’t really recommend this one,it wasn’t for me.
Sliding door esq. possibilities. Oddly magical, and depressing.